In a Trance

I actually wrote this on the 4th of July, after dinner. I don't really know what inspired me to write 'In a Trance.' It just sort of started growing in my mind before becoming a complete poem.

We walk along the ocean shore Our feet gently graze the sand Peering at the crimson sun We're strutting hand-in-hand Though there's many words unspoken We have a fire of passion burning Staring in your ablazing eyes The emerald depths alluring We watch the sun as it disappears And as the stars come out from hiding The moon peeks over the turquiose water Trees swaying in the breeze, sighing Water rushes to us in waves Like our lustful and deadly romance We slow to a stop, an unbreakable bond The wind whistles, ending our trance.

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